When a patient is transported off the unit, the inpatient nurse should document in flowsheets about the transport. Then a 'Ticket to Ride' is printed to accompany the patient. In a Lunch and Learn WebEx at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 9, we will review how to complete this documentation and then print the ticket to ride.

The Epic@UNC Professional Billing training team will host “Thrive after Go-Live” WebEx sessions Aug. 23 in High Point and Aug. 24 at Learning Street in Morrisville, NC. Sessions are led by members of ISD’s training team with the goal of ensuring we are using Epic@UNC most efficiently. WebEx details for both are attached for those who cannot attend in person.

Please review this Tip Sheet detailing whether to choose the 'House' or the 'Bed' when placing orders during inpatient admissions, at an ambulatory clinic or infusion visit, or for the patient's home use.

Dynamic Fundraising will return to the Children's Hospital lobby Aug. 9 - 11. Payroll deduction is available to all eligible UNC Health Care employees. Fundraising events are sponsored by the UNC Volunteer Association and all proceeds benefit UNC Health Care through various programs, scholarships and special grants.

UNC Medical Center will participate in emergency response exercises on Aug. 6 and Aug. 11 with several local response and preparedness agencies. These exercises will test and strengthen our local community's preparedness and response measures to mass casualty and security incidents. On Aug. 6, the ground floor of the Neurosciences Hospital, near the back loading deck, will be closed to pedestrian through traffic for the scenario. If you planned to use this entrance/exit on the morning of Aug. 6, please take an alternate route.

In celebration of National Health Care Quality Week, UNC Medical Center will host its annual Quality Expo on Oct. 20 – 21. This year’s theme: Quality Driven. Show us what your unit or team has done this year to improve the quality of care and services at UNC Health Care by sharing your success in a poster. Poster registration will open Monday, Aug. 8, and will close on Monday, Sept. 12. The completed posters will be due by Friday, Sept. 30.

The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPAUP) recently changed the terminology and updated the stages of pressure injury and definitions. To reflect these updates, several updates were made in Epic@UNC.

Starting Friday, Aug. 5, labels for pathology and cytology orders with a resulting agency of UNC Health Care Lab will only print after clicking the “Print Labels” button in Order Inquiry. Previously, labels would print at the time of release or if the order was placed as 'Normal.'

The 8th Annual Dimensions of Diversity Conference will be held on Oct. 7. This year's conference theme is Body Image: Accepting the Best Work of Art - The Human Body. Please join us as we take the idea of body image and apply it to the health care setting by increasing your awareness of body image and how it relates to excellent and holistic patient care.